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Hi #Admins 👋,

Can you give me quotes that explain your fight against #AIScraping? I'm looking for (verbal) images, metaphors, comparisons, etc. that explain to non-techies what's going on. (efforts, goals, resources...)

I intend to publish your quotes in a text on @campact 's blog¹ (DE, German NGO).

The quotes should make your work🙏 visible in a generally understandable way

¹ blog.campact.de/author/friedem

Campact BlogFriedemann EbeltFriedemann Ebelt engagiert sich für digitale Grundrechte. Im Campact-Blog schreibt er darüber, wie Digitalisierung fair, frei und nachhaltig gelingen kann. Er hat Ethnologie und Kommunikationswissenschaften studiert und interessiert sich für alles, was zwischen Politik, Technik, und Gesellschaft passiert. Sein vorläufiges Fazit: Wir müssen uns besser digitalisieren!

Nos dicen que hay que "adaptarse o morir" pero tal parece que a las BigTech no les gusta nuestra forma de adaptar la tecnología para defender nuestros derechos.

La IA generativa es el único y definitivo abuso en esta historia. Que no les vendan otro cuento.

Usen #Nightshade y #Glaze siempre! ✊

80.lv/articles/openai-describe

80.lv · OpenAI Describes Artists' Use of Glaze & Nightshade as "Abuse"It's afraid.
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By the way, A.I. isn't some all knowing God program. It's a series of algorithms. Complex algorithms, yes, but algorithms nonetheless.

Algorithms are a series of steps and choices that a computer follows to produce an outcome.

Yes, neural networks, machine learning, LLMs and all those buzz words that have been bastardized by Marketing, they're all algorithms at their base.

A.I. is nothing without humans leaching data from other humans.

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I'm not a software developer or data engineer. I just know IT and read a LOT about this field of technology (Computer science, algorithms, I'm working on machine learning gradually.)

I'm an artist, bruh. 😩

But it will be ok.
A.I. still has trouble completely emulating the 'human touch'. (Reverse Turing test, anyone? 🤓)

And researchers are always working. 👍🏿
If this thread has helped any, please retoot.

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What to do about protecting your artwork online?
Keep doing what you're doing! Keep Glazing, keep posting low resolution artwork, you can still use signatures/watermarks, and don't post tons of your artwork to places out in the open.
And wait for Glaze and other apps to update versions.

It's just like protecting your device against malware and hackers. Update your software, patch programs, don't click on sketchy things and wait!

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In cybersecurity, hackers/threat actors look for vulnerabilities in the code of a program (or other). They then exploit that vulnerability to push through malware and such.

That's similar to what's happening with Glaze. Pro-A.I. people probably reverse engineered the app in order to see how it works and updated their AI algorithms to try and defeat Glaze and scrape your artwork.
Digital technology is like an arms race.

So what to do?

Hiii if you aren't familiar with me, I am your local IT artist. 😃
So, there are rumors that the Glaze algorithm, the program that helps protect your art/photos against use by A.I, has been cracked by pro A.I. folks.

Don't panic. ⭐

Researchers were saying that it was only a matter of time before the Glaze algorithm was cracked. That's what happens in cybersecurity too!
What do you do? You wait for the next "patch"! We do this all the time for our computers!